Mickey Leavy Retires After Lifetime Of Service To Residents
April 30, 2008
It is with sadness, and extreme gratitude for her extensive service, that we announce the retirement of Mickey Leavy, who has acted as Residency Program Coordinator for our residents for as long as we can remember. As the constant link between the Program Director and the residency, she has been a most familiar and reassuring presence to hundreds of anesthesiology residents as they navigated their way through their training. Her dedication and commitment to decades of residents will long be remembered, and we wish her only the best in her retirement.
Photos From Successful MARC Conference
April 23, 2008
1st Place Winner Dr. Sarah Oswald
1st Place Winner Dr. Ruben Koshy
1st Place Winner Dr. Heather Nixon
Residents Take A Break
End Of A Successful Weekend
Lipid Rescue of Local Anesthetic Toxicity Highlights May Issue Of Anesthesia and Analgesia
April 16, 2008
The upcoming May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia will feature a series of editorials, original research, and case reports highlighting lipid rescue therapy of local anesthetic toxicity. This seminal, lifesaving work originated in Dr. Guy Weinberg's lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Anesthesiology. A tentative list of titles of the articles featured can be found at www.iars.org, and include:
John C. Rowlingson, Lipid Rescue: A Step Forward in Patient Safety? Likely So! (Editorial)
Sorin J. Brull, Lipid Emulsion for the Treatment of Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Patient SafetyImplications (Editorial)
Guy L. Weinberg, Lipid Infusion Therapy: Translation to Clinical Practice (Editorial)
Viktoria D. Mayr, Lukas Mitterschiffthaler, Andreas Neurauter, Christian Gritsch, Volker Wenzel, Tilko Muller, Gunter Luckner, Karl H. Lindner, and Hans-Ulrich Strohmenger A Comparison of the Combination of Epinephrine and Vasopressin with Lipid Emulsion in a Porcine Model of Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest After Intravenous Injection of Bupivacaine (Original Article)
Hugues Ludot, Jean-Yves Tharin, Mohamed Belouadah, Jean-Xavier Mazoit, and Jean-Marc Malinovsky
Successful Resuscitation After Ropivacaine and Lidocaine-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmia Following Posterior Lumbar Plexus Block in a Child (Case Report)
Rainer J. Litz, Thomas Roessel, Axel R. Heller, and Sebastian N. Stehr Reversal of Central Nervous System and Cardiac Toxicity After Local Anesthetic Intoxication by Lipid Emulsion Injection (Case Report)
Julio A. Warren, R. Brian Thoma, Alexandru Georgescu, and Saurin J. Shah Intravenous Lipid Infusion in the Successful Resuscitation of Local Anesthetic-Induced Cardiovascular Collapse After Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block (Case Report)
Also in May, the journal Anesthesiology will feature an original article by Dr. Guy Weinberg, titled Resuscitation with Lipid versus Epinephrine in a Rodent Model of Bupivacaine Overdose.
You can learn more about this remarkable therapy at http://www.lipidrescue.org, Dr. Weinberg's educational website dedicated to the study and discussion of lipid emulsion therapy for local anesthetic toxicity.
Dr. Tarek Shahbandar Joins Anesthesiology Staff
April 15, 2008
Dr. Tarek Shahbandar recently joined our staff. A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Tarek finished his anesthesiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and he also completed a fellowship there in Pain Medicine. He is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Welcome, Tarek!
Top Honors For Three Residents At MARC 2008
April 7, 2008
First place awards were given to three residents yesterday for their presentations at the 2008 Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC) in Indianapolis. Sarah Oswald, M.D., a CA3 resident, was cited for her presentation in the Airway category, titled "36 Week Pregnant Female Undergoing Combined Caesarean Section And Thyroidectomy After Awake Fiberoptic Intubation". Ruben Koshy, M.D., a CA2 resident, earned top honors for his work in the Animal-Chemical category, titled "Anti-Inflammatory Effect Of Ropivacaine In Acute Lung Injury". And Heather Nixon, M.D., a CA1 resident, was honored for her presentation in the Patient Safety category, titled "Coring Of Medication Vials Due To Equipment Changes - Methods To Ensure Patient Safety". Congratulations to these residents for their outstanding performances, and to all our residents who presented at this year's conference.
David Schwartz. M.D. Recipient of 2008 Golden Apple Award
April 4, 2008
Interim Head David Schwartz, M.D. has been selected by the 2008 fourth-year-medical student class as the Raymond B. Allen Golden Apple Award recipient for his excellence in teaching.
Dr. Schwartz will receive his award at the Chicago Awards and Recognition Day ceremony. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in Chicago Rooms A, B, and C of the Student Center West Building. Check-in will begin at 2:00 and the program will begin promptly at 2:30. Light refreshments will be served following the presentations.
Department Presents Two Studies at Recent IARS 82nd Clinical & Scientific Congress
April 2, 2008
The IARS 82nd Clinical & Scientific Congress was held in San Francisco, California on March 29-April 1, 2008. Ruben Koshy, M.D., a CA-2 resident in the Department, presented his work in Sunday's Pharmacology-Clinical Session. On Monday, Verna Baughman, M.D. presented the work of Guido Di Gregorio, M.D., a visiting scientist from Italy who is currently working in Dr. Guy Weinberg's lab. Dr. Koshy will be presenting his work again this weekend at the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC) in Indianapolis, Indiana:
Ropivacaine Exerts its Protective Effect
in Endotoxin-Mediated Lung Injury via
Mechanisms Other Than ICAM-1 Inhibition
R. Koshy, E. Votta-Velis, M. Castellon, R. Minshall;
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Vasopressin is Associated with Adverse
Outcomes in Resuscitation of Rats from
Bupivacaine-Induced Asystole
G. Di Gregorio, R. Ripper, K. Kelly, G. Weinberg,
V. Baughman;
University of Illinois at Chicago and Universita’ Degli Studi
di Padova, Padua, Italy; University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL; University of Illinois at Chicago and Jessie
Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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